5-letter words starting with t
- takin — a mountain-dwelling bovid, Budorcas taxicolor, native to the eastern Himalayas, China, and northern Burma, that resembles a cross between a goat and a musk ox.
- talaq — a form of divorce under Islamic law in which the husband repudiates the marriage by saying 'talaq' three times
- talar — an ankle-length robe
- talca — a city in central Chile.
- talcy — resembling, containing, or covered in talc or talcum powder
- talea — a rhythmic pattern in certain mediaeval choral compositions
- taleb — (in Afghanistan) a member of the Taliban
- taler — thaler.
- tales — a narrative that relates the details of some real or imaginary event, incident, or case; story: a tale about Lincoln's dog.
- talib — a member of the Taliban
- talks — a conference, discussion, or negotiation
- talky — having or containing superfluous or purposeless talk, conversation, or dialogue, especially so as to impede action or progress: a talky play that bored the audience.
- tally — an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- talma — a cape or short cloak, worn by both men and women in the 19th century
- talon — a claw, especially of a bird of prey.
- talos — a man of brass made by Hephaestus for Minos as a guardian of Crete.
- talpa — a member of a genus of mole found in Europe and Western Asia, for example the common European mole, Talpa europaea
- taluk — a hereditary estate.
- talus — the uppermost bone of the proximal row of bones of the tarsus; anklebone.
- talys — Thomas, c1505–85, English organist and composer, especially of church music.
- taman — a peninsula in SW Russia, E of the Crimea, between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. About 20 miles (30 km) long and 8 miles (13 km) wide.
- tamar — the daughter of David and half-sister of Absalom. II Sam. 13.
- tamas — (in Sankhya and Vedantic philosophy) one of the three qualities of prakriti, or nature, which are passion (rajas) dullness or inertia (tamas) and goodness or purity (sattva)
- tambo — Mr. Tambo.
- tamed — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tamer — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tames — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
- tamil — a member of a people of Dravidian stock of S India and Sri Lanka.
- tamin — a thin woollen fabric
- tamis — a worsted cloth mesh constructed in open weave and having a corded face, used as a sieve or strainer.
- tammy — a female given name.
- tampa — a seaport in W Florida, on Tampa Bay: fishing resort.
- tandy — (company) A US company, the parent company of Radio Shack, makers of the TRS-80 and other early personal computers.
- taney — Roger Brooke, 1777–1864, U.S. jurist: chief justice of the U.S. 1836–64.
- tanga — a seaport in NE Tanzania.
- tange — Kenzo. 1913–2005, Japanese architect. His buildings include the Kurashiki city hall (1960) and St Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo (1962–64)
- tangi — a Māori funeral ceremony
- tango — a ballroom dance of Latin-American origin, danced by couples, and having many varied steps, figures, and poses.
- tangy — having a tang.
- tanis — an ancient city in Lower Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tanka — a Japanese poem consisting of 31 syllables in 5 lines, with 5 syllables in the first and third lines and 7 in the others.
- tanky — a member of the British Communist Party
- tanna — one of a group of Jewish scholars, active in Palestine during the 1st and 2nd centuries a.d., whose teachings are found chiefly in the Mishnah.
- tansy — any of several composite plants of the genus Tanacetum, especially a strong-scented, weedy, Old World herb, T. vulgare, having flat-topped clusters of tubular yellow flowers.
- tanta — a city in N Egypt, in the Nile delta.
- tante — aunt
- tanti — worthwhile
- tanto — (of a musical direction) too much; so much.
- tanya — a female given name.
- tapas — the bark of the paper mulberry.